r/VWAlltrack

Currently own a 2017 Alltrack. It has just hit 80,000 miles. Nice little car and I see no reason to give it up. It has the DSG transmission and has only had a few minor issues. I am retired and drive maybe 100 miles per week.

If I wanted to keep it long term, what are potential issues I may see? Is the 1.8t fairly bulletproof? How about the DSG gearbox?

Love this car

Now I Just need to name her :) I officially joined the family

I've had my 2017 Alltrack S for 6 years now and I never get tired of looking at it.

Owned my 17’ TSI alltrack for ~8 months and it needed a transmission..

Bought the car used from a vw dealership with a warranty thank goodness! purchased at 74k miles and immediately had the dealer do the dsg/halidex service. Well 3k miles (~77k) later started hearing a bad clicking sound. I’m pretty mechanical inclined that being said after a few basic inspections ruling out any bearings or axle noises I decided to take it into the shop. Turns out a bolt come loose from the flywheel and completely wrecked my transmission. Service tech stated when he drained the transmission fluid it was completely grey and full of chunks. It was $19,000 for all the work to be done… I paid $200. Get that warranty folks!

Was wondering if anyone’s experienced an early transmission failure like this. Could it have been a one off deal? What else should I expect to fail at 80k miles?

I'm debating buying a 2019 SE green exterior and brown leather interior. It's $16.5k USD and has 115k miles. I'm running back and forth on it being a good deal, looking for some advice. No real red flags on the car, smells a bit like smokes, but in great shape and I love the interior. Has good carfax, minor fender bender a couple years ago, I just need an owner or someone with experience to tell me if it's an okay/good deal. Thanks! I don't want to post a direct link, not sure if that is allowed.

Edit: here is the listing since I don't see a rule against it

https://www.saudermotors.com/vehicle-details/2019-volkswagen-golf-alltrack-tsi-se-4motion-wagon-1c10f899e966c14096e5ca93d235fa38

So I'm just telling a story here. This happened to me but it's ridiculous honestly... So my 2017 Alltrack decided to crap the bed with the DSG right at 100,000 mi, sent it to the dealer, $4000 and a month later I get it back. That's a whole other story... Anyway. This is the dead of winter January... In Maine. I don't notice that the tow hook cover is missing for several months. So I look all over for it, don't find it, ask the dealer to give me a new one. They ignore me. So I call them again, they order it, don't tell me it comes in. I call and the girl says oh yeah we got to paint it. So the p​aint guys are on vacation so we'll get back to you on that. So I'm driving by one day and I stop in and say hey where's my piece... They hold up the black piece and say oh it needs to be painted. Isn't your car gray. I said yes. It's great it needs to be painted because that one's black... They said okay . A few weeks later I call and say hey what's going on... They say oh it didn't need to be painted. We sent it to you... I said first of all that's black. My car is not black, I'll just send it back. .. And now it's been a week and I don't have it. I called the dealer again and he says yeah that one doesn't need to be painted. Your Vin says yours should be black. I said you and I sat there and looked at it and it's black and my car isn't... He said he'll look into it... So I know my car is gray. The bumper is gray.. that part is gray. But I looked up another gray alltrack and it has a black bottom and it's piece will be black. No I know the problem but to try to get them to fix it. Oh my goodness it's not going to be fun.

Tldr... The Volkswagen dealership in Southern Maine has bad service and is unable to tell a difference between two different gray cars. I'm fighting to get what I want.

I just picked up a nice 2018 Alltrack, I love how it drives and the lights are awesome.

I completed my first oil change for my 2019 Great Falls Green beauty and these got stripped putting the plate back over the oil. First, good lawd there are a lot of them. Second, where is best source?

Edited for early morning punctuation errors

Hi! I just bought an alltrack and it came with these things (tucked away in the trunk.)

What’re they for?

Just picked it up yesterday, 2017 w/ 88k. Great service history. Already collecting parts, plan on Golf R suspension, IS38 swap. Giving it all fresh fluids.

Just got an Alltrack after driving around similar wagons in Europe. Been cruising 80 mph getting 31+ mpg. I’ve taken it on a lot of roads I probably shouldn’t have and slept in it quite a bit. The seats are a big upgrade from my previous old truck bench seat haha (S Trim, adaptive cruise control would’ve been sweet)

Im looking forward to many more hopefully trouble free miles on my 2017 Alltrack 6 MT

Looking for IE MQB 4WD DOWNPIPE 3"